Fred Brophy will sell you a ticket, spin you a yarn and dare you into the ring, but at 73, the outback ringmaster is slowing ...

Fred Brophy has tried to win the Birdsville Cup for four decades, and there will be wedding bells if he can end the curse on Saturday.

People from across the country travel to Birdsville for the annual races, while an iconic boxing tent marks the end of an era ...

Legendary boxing troupe showman Fred Brophy will marry his long-time sweetheart if the outback icon finally wins the Birdsville Cup he has craved for more than four decades.

Brophy, 73, is staging his famous boxing tent at Birdsville for the last time but there is also another important reason he is back at the remote town on the edge of the Simpson Desert. He part-owns ...

Legendary showman Fred Brophy has tried to win the Birdsville Cup for four decades, and there will be wedding bells if he can end the curse on Saturday. Brophy, 73, is staging his famous boxing tent ...

This story was originally published in October 2013.  Fred Brophy, 73, is staging his famous boxing tent at Birdsville for ...